Tirol’s Top Ski Saver Tips To Beat The Credit Crunch

David Jackson — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:52:13 +0000

The only crunch you want to hear this coming season is the sound of your ski boots crunching through the freshly laid snow. So follow the Tirol Tourist Board’s top tips to survive the credit-crunch and still get out on the slopes for 2009-10.

Choose your resort carefully – stay 3*, ski 5*. Just a stone’s throw away from some of the world’s top ski areas are lesser known cosy mountain villages that remain the best value for money, offering genuine and authentic Tirolean hospitality.

Weigh up your accommodation options – you don’t just have to choose between hotels, chalets or apartments the Tirol has a myriad choice from B&B’s to small pensions to farm houses.

If you can’t afford a week, opt for a short break. Most of the packages listed below also offer short break options, whilst some of the bigger resorts will only offer Saturday-Saturday durations. And with daily flights from the UK, it has never been so easy.

Don’t purchase a full 6-day whole area pass if you are only going to ski mornings or if you are only going to stick to blue runs all week.

Make the local tourist office your first port of call – some offer weekly cards entitling you to discounts on après-ski activities, local restaurants and will advertise any free events happening in resort.

Pop into MPreis or another local supermarket bakery every morning on your way to the slopes – most will make up sandwiches for you.

Money too tight for après-ski activities? Make your own fun by building a snowman, sledging or having a snowball fight.

For more information on the Tirol region visit www.visittirol.co.uk. For Innsbruck Airport Car Hire visit sixt.co.uk.

Christmas in Tirol

David Jackson — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:23:43 +0000

The Tirol Tourist Board offer helpful tips as to how to escape the hustle and bustle of Christmas in the UK. There’s still chance to head off for a few days and sample the more traditional and quieter side to Christmas…

If you want to escape the commercialism that surrounds Christmas in the UK then head to the Austrian Tirol. Known to locals as ‘Die Stille Zeit’ (the quiet time), you won’t find garish gifts, tacky Christmas lights boosting energy board profits or have to endure cheesy Christmas tracks on repeat every time you enter a shop. Christmas in the Tirol is a much more traditional affair with Christmas Eve being the day to exchange gifts, put up the Christmas tree and sing carols with the family.

Here are five top reasons to spend Christmas in Tirol:

1. This year you won’t have to pray for a White Christmas as there will be snow right outside your window.

2. You don’t need to spend all day in the kitchen as your Christmas dinner will be served for you in your accommodation.

3. You don’t need to waste money on tacky decorations as your accommodation will already be festively, tastefully and traditionally decorated.

4. Hit the slopes – with so many pistes to explore there will be no need to suffer afternoon games such as family charades with Great Aunt Ethel.

5. You won’t be subject to re-runs of Only Fools and Horses or watching the Queen’s speech – turn the TV off and head outdoors. Go snowmobiling, snow shoeing, ice-skating, horse-sleigh ride or enjoy a sauna & jacuzzi in the hotel.

For more information on the Tirol region visit www.visittirol.co.uk.

Sixt offer car hire at Innsbruck Airport the capital of Tirol and across Austria.

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Tirol’s Top Ski Saver Tips To Beat The Credit Crunch

Christmas in Tirol